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Agriculture Citrus fruit production is down to 800,000 tons compared to 1.1 million tons in previous years due to several factors, including weather conditions, while prices rose to SYP 1,000 per kilogram, thereby creating...
Energy The Central Financial Supervisory Agency (CFSA) reportedly detected fraudulent activity concerning a contract between the Syrian Gas Company and a private oil services company to undertake works on gas fields north of Damascus...
Government The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs announced the passing of veteran diplomat and Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem (1941-2020). He had served earlier as Syrian Ambassador to the...
Peter Ford is a former British Ambassador to Syria, where he was posted in Damascus from 2003 to 2006, and is currently the London-based Co-Chairman of the British Syrian Society. He also previously served...
International Relations President Bashar Al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem accepted the credentials of Oman’s Ambassador to Syria Turki bin Mahmoud Al-Busaidy, who was appointed to his position back in March by royal decree...
Manufacturers intending to establish factories and pursue industrial activities in Syria must first obtain their standard industrial licenses to do so from the Ministry of Industry in accordance with Law 21/1958. They should also...
Government The new government of Prime Minister Hussein Arnous was sworn in before President Bashar Al-Assad, who later addressed the Council of Ministers and focused on various topics, including the National Administrative Reform Program...
Government President Bashar Al-Assad issued Decree 210/2020 formally designating Hussein Arnous as Prime Minister following the parliamentary elections in July. Arnous had already been serving in the position since June following the dismissal of...
Government July 17th marked 20 years since Bashar Al-Assad became President of Syria. His first decade in power was associated with unprecedented economic liberalization and private sector investment while his second decade was overtaken...
For decades now, many observers have written off Syria’s Parliament, or the People’s Assembly as it is known, as no more than a rubber stamp passive legislature with hardly any input or influence in...